The invention relates to a hinge, preferably a furniture hinge, comprising a hinge arm which is pivotally connected, at one end, via a joint axle to a hinge part and, at the other end, via holding means to a base element, preferably to a base plate. Provision is made in accordance with the invention for the holding means to comprise a first eccentric adjustment, preferably retained by friction, for displaceable holding which allows a displacement parallel to the joint axle.
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6. A hinge comprising
a hinge arm (1),
a hinge part (4),
a joint axle (3) pivotally connecting one end (2) of said arm (1) to said hinge part (4),
a base element (50), and
holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) captively connecting an opposite end of said hinge arm (1) to said base element (50),
wherein said holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) additionally comprise a holding arm (20) and first eccentric adjustment (22),
with said hinge arm (1) displaceably retained upon said holding arm (20) through said first eccentric adjustment (22) to permit displacement of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (B) substantially perpendicular to the joint axle (3), and
a second eccentric adjustment (55) displaceably retaining said hinge arm (1) to permit displacement of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (C) substantially parallel to the joint axle (3).
1. A hinge, comprising
a hinge arm (1),
a hinge part (4),
a joint axle (3) pivotally connecting one end (2) of said hinge arm (1) to said hinge part (4),
a base element (50), and
holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) captively connecting an opposite end of said hinge arm (1) to said base element (50),
wherein said holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) comprise a holding arm (20), a separately-formed arm section (24) and a first eccentric adjustment (28), with said holding arm (20) displaceably retained upon said arm section (24) through said first eccentric adjustment (28) to permit adjustment of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (A) substantially perpendicular to the joint axle (3), and
a second eccentric adjustment (55) displaceably retaining said hinge arm (1) to permit displacement of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (C) substantially parallel to the joint axle (3).
16. A hinge, comprising
a hinge arm (1),
a hinge part (4),
a joint axle (3) pivotally connecting one end (2) of said hinge arm (1) to said hinge part (4),
a base element (50), and
holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) connecting an opposite end of said hinge arm (1) to said base element (50),
wherein said holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) comprise
a first eccentric adjustment (55) displaceably retaining said hinge arm (1) to permit displacement of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (C) substantially parallel to the joint axle (3),
a holding arm (20) and second eccentric adjustment (22), with said hinge arm (1) displaceably retained upon said holding arm (20) through said second eccentric adjustment (22) to permit displacement of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (B) substantially perpendicular to the displacement direction (C) permitted by said first eccentric adjustment (55),
an arm section (24) and a third eccentric adjustment (28), with said holding arm (20) displaceably retained upon said arm section (24) through said third eccentric adjustment (28) to permit adjustment of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (A) substantially perpendicular to both displacement directions (C, B) respectively permitted by said first and second eccentric adjustments (55, 22),
said base element (50) is formed as a base plate (50) at which said arm section (24) is displaceably held by said first eccentric adjustment (55) and additionally comprises at least one guide (56, 57) arranged to extend substantially parallel to the joint axle (3),
said arm section (24) additionally comprises guide elements (25, 58, 59) arranged to cooperate with said at least one guide (56, 57) of said base plate (50) for guiding said hinge arm (1) in the direction (C) substantially parallel to the joint axle (3),
said holding arm (20), arm section (24) and base plate (50) have eye-like elements (26, 25, 56), and
additionally comprising a common transverse pin (27) on which said eye-like elements (26, 25, 56) are arranged to be mounted.
15. A hinge, comprising
a hinge arm (1),
a hinge part (4),
a joint axle (3) pivotally connecting one end (2) of said hinge arm (1) to said hinge part (4),
a base element (50), and
holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) connecting an opposite end of said hinge arm (1) to said base element (50),
wherein said holding means (20, 22, 24, 28, 55) comprise
a first eccentric adjustment (55) displaceably retaining said hinge arm (1) to permit displacement of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (C) substantially parallel to the joint axle (3),
a holding arm (20) and second eccentric adjustment (22), with said hinge arm (1) displaceably retained upon said holding arm (20) through said second eccentric adjustment (22) to permit displacement of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (B) substantially perpendicular to the displacement direction (C) permitted by said first eccentric adjustment (55),
an arm section (24) and a third eccentric adjustment (28), with said holding arm (20) displaceably retained upon said arm section (24) through said third eccentric adjustment (28) to permit adjustment of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (A) substantially perpendicular to both displacement directions (C, B) respectively permitted by said first and second eccentric adjustments (55, 22),
said base element (50) is formed as a base plate (50) at which said arm section (24) is displaceably held by said first eccentric adjustment (55) and additionally comprises at least one guide (56, 57) arranged to extend substantially parallel to the joint axle (3),
said arm section (24) additionally comprises guide elements (25, 58, 59) arranged to cooperate with said at least one guide (56, 57) of said base plate (50) for guiding said hinge arm (1) in the direction (C) substantially parallel to the joint axle (3), and
said at least one guide is constituted by slits (57) arranged substantially parallel to the joint axle (3) in said base plate (50), and said guide elements comprise guide lugs (58) of said arm section (24) structured and arranged to engage in said slits (57) to allow only movement between said base plate (50) and arm section (24) substantially parallel (C) to the joint axle (3).
2. The hinge of
3. The hinge of
4. The hinge of
5. The hinge of
7. The hinge of
8. The hinge of
9. The hinge of
with said holding arm (20) displaceably retained upon said arm section (24) through said third eccentric adjustment (28) to permit adjustment of said hinge arm (1) in a direction (A) substantially perpendicular to both displacement directions (C, B) respectively permitted by said first and second eccentric adjustments (55, 22).
10. The hinge of
11. The hinge of
12. The hinge of
said arm section (24) additionally comprises guide elements (25, 58, 59) arranged to cooperate with said at least one guide (56, 57) of said base plate (50) for guiding said hinge arm (1) in the direction (C) substantially parallel to the joint axle (3).
13. The hinge of
said second eccentric adjustment (55) is unreleasably riveted to said base element (50),
said first eccentric adjustment (22) is unreleasably riveted to said hinge arm (1) and holding arm (20), and
said third eccentric adjustment (28) is unreleasably riveted to said holding arm (20) and arm section (24).
14. The hinge of
said first eccentric adjustment (22) is unreleasably riveted to said hinge arm (1) and holding arm (20).
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The invention relates to a hinge, preferably to a furniture hinge, comprising a hinge arm which is pivotally connected, at one end, via a joint axle to a hinge part and, at the other end, via holding means to a base element, preferably to a base plate.
Such a hinge of this kind is described in U.S. Pat. No. 6,360,401 B1. Such hinges are e.g. used for fastening door leaves to walls of pieces of furniture. With the hinge of the prior art, an unchangeable screw connection is provided between the hinge and the wall of the piece of furniture. A fastening would be desirable which allows a vertical adjustment of the hinge and thus of the door leaf with respect to the wall of the piece of furniture. For this purpose a fastening is provided in DE 299 20 945 U1 which allows a vertical displacement of the hinge along an elongate opening provided in a base plate of the hinge on the loosening of a fastening screw which serves the fastening of the hinge in the wall of the piece of furniture. The citation additionally describes the use of an eccentric adjustment for the displacement of the door leaf in the direction of the body of the piece of furniture in order to change the gap width between the door leaf and the body of the piece of furniture. The hinge described in DE 299 20 945 U1 has a mechanism which allows an adjustment of the door gap with the aid of the eccentric element independent of the vertical adjustment along the elongate opening. Complex uncoupling elements are required for this purpose.
It is the object of the present invention to provide a hinge which allows a simple adjustment to the height of the door leaf with respect to the body of the piece of furniture with a small installation size. This object is solved by a hinge having the features herein. Advantageous aspects also form the subject herein.
In accordance with the invention, the holding means comprise an eccentric adjustment for the displaceable holding of the hinge arm with respect to the base element which allows a displacement parallel to the joint axle.
Such an eccentric adjustment still allows a setting of the height of the hinge, and thus of the door of the piece of furniture with respect to the body, even after the installation. In this connection, the term “height” is used in the present context to make the invention understandable for the example of an upright door of a piece of furniture, e.g. of a closet. The invention can naturally equally be provided at flaps or other closing members. The term “height” is therefore understood here as that spatial direction in which the joint axle extends without this necessarily having to be aligned vertically in space.
The solution in accordance with the invention allows a low installation volume with a simultaneously very simple adjustment.
If the eccentric adjustment is moreover designed to be retained by friction, the operation is further simplified.
In an advantageous further development of the hinge in accordance with the invention, the holding means furthermore comprise a holding arm and a second eccentric adjustment which displaceably holds the hinge arm on the holding arm, with the second eccentric adjustment allowing a displacement perpendicularly to the displacement by the first eccentric adjustment. With the aid of such a second eccentric adjustment, the hinge is not only simply settable and alignable in “height”, but also in a further spatial direction, with the setting even being able to be made after mounting. The second eccentric adjustment is also advantageously designed to be retained by friction.
In another further development, the holding means furthermore comprise an arm section which is displaceably held at the holding arm by a third eccentric adjustment, with the third eccentric adjustment allowing a displacement in each case substantially perpendicular to the displacement of the first and second eccentric adjustments. In this aspect, a simple setting of the hinge is also possible after mounting in all three spatial directions, with the installation space being kept low.
In a special embodiment, the first eccentric adjustment is provided in that part of the arm section which is remote from the third eccentric adjustment and serves the connection of the arm section to a base plate. This base plate serves e.g. the fastening of the hinge to the body of the piece of furniture. In such a further development, the hinge arm, which is e.g. connected to the door leaf, is connected to a base plate, which is e.g. fastened to the piece of furniture, via three eccentric adjustments.
The hinge in accordance with the invention of this embodiment preferably has a guide in the base plate which is arranged parallel to the joint axle and cooperates with guide elements of the arm section for guiding parallel to the joint axle. It is ensured by such a guide that no canting occurs when the hinge “height” is adjusted.
A simple aspect provides that the guide is formed by slits in the base plate in which the guide lugs of the arm section engage to allow only a movement between the arm section and the base plate parallel to the joint axle.
An additional holding action can be produced if the holding arm, the arm section and the base plate respectively have eye-like elements which are supported on an individual transverse pin. This common holding pin ensures a reliable mutual alignment of the individual elements with a low construction size.
To further reduce the size of the hinge in accordance with the invention, provision can advantageously be made for the individual sections to be unreleasably connected to one another via riveted eccentric elements.
The hinge in accordance with the invention can be made very small and compact and is therefore in particular suitable for use in pieces of furniture with frames. The clearance is greatly reduced in size with respect to the known hinges and only a low space is required for the fastening. An embodiment of the invention therefore relates to a hinge for pieces of furniture with a frame which is small in construction or compact.
The invention will be explained in detail with reference to an embodiment which is shown in the Figures.
FIG. 1: a longitudinal section through a hinge in accordance with the invention in the closed state;
FIG. 2: a plan view of the part of the hinge on the side of the body of the piece of furniture in the direction II of
FIG. 3: a section through the holding arm of the hinge in accordance with
FIG. 4: a plan view of the holding arm in direction IV of
FIG. 5: a transverse cross-section along the plane V of
FIG. 6: a section through the hinge arm of the hinge in accordance with the invention of
FIG. 7: a plan view of the hinge arm of
FIG. 8: a section through an arm section of the hinge in accordance with the invention of
FIG. 9: a plan view in the direction IX of
FIG. 10: a section along the plane X of
FIG. 11: a section through a base plate of a hinge in accordance with the invention of
FIG. 12: a plan view of the base plate of
The hinge visible from
The hinge arm 1 is connected to the end face 19 of the holding arm 20 via an eccentric element 22 in a manner known per se to the holding arm 20. The holding arm 20 has a bend which is achieved in that the cut free side walls 20′, 20″ are angled and held against the center end face 19 by two transverse pins 40 riveted in associated bores 39. The front end regions of the side walls 20′, 20″ are provided with ridges 41 parallel to the frame, consisting of stamped bulges and forming guides for the hinge arm 1. Corresponding grooves 42 are provided in the end face 19 of the holding arm 20 in which corresponding ribs 43 of the hinge arm formed by bulging are guided.
The eccentric element 22 is designed such that its turning, e.g., with a screwdriver, effects the side setting in the direction of the arrow B along the ridges 41 or the grooves 42.
The end of the holding arm 20 remote from the connection to the hinge arm 1 is connected to the arm section 24 by the eccentric element 28 such that a turning of the eccentric element causes the depth setting in the direction of the arrow A. A guiding of this movement is ensured by the ridge 44 of the arm section 24 and the correspondingly formed rib 45 of the holding arm 20 such as are best visible in
The arm section 24 is provided at both sides at the end remote from the eccentric adjustment 28 with rolled in eyes 25 which hold a transverse pin 27 in the manner of an eyelet. This transverse pin 27 moreover passes through elongate openings 26 provided in the side walls 20′, 20″ of the holding arm 20.
The arm section 24 is connected to the base plate 50 via an eccentric adjustment 55. For this purpose, a central bore 53 is provided in the base plate 50. The eccentric shaft of the eccentric element 55, whose adjoining shaft part is supported in an elongate opening 54 of the arm section 24 and whose turning causes the vertical adjustment in the direction of the arrow C, is riveted into said central bore 53.
In its front central region, the base plate 50 is provided with an upwardly curved, partly rolled in tongue 56 which engages over the transverse pin 27 like a hook in the installed state. This tongue 56 improves the holding and the guiding of the arm section 24 at the base plate 50. The base plate is furthermore provided with slits 57 which form guides for lateral, downwardly bent lugs 58 of the arm section 24. These transversely extending slits and the bent lugs 58 prevent any canting between the arm section 24 and the base plate 50. A further guide of the arm section 24 during the eccentric adjustment in the direction C is formed by the angled rim 59.
The base plate 50 is finally fitted with leaf parts 51 which are connected, e.g. to a wall 12 of a piece of furniture, with usual fastening screws through the fastening bores 52.
The hinge therefore comprises a hinge arm 1 which is displaceably connected to a holding arm 20 in direction B via an eccentric connection 22. This holding arm 20 is displaceably connected to an arm section 24 in direction A via an eccentric connection 28, said arm section 24 in turn being displaceably connected to the base plate 50 in direction C via an eccentric connection 55. Guides 41, 42 are provided for the displacement in direction B made possible by the eccentric element 22 and the hinge arm 1, or ribs 43 provided thereon, engage into them. For the guiding of the movement which is made possible with the aid of the eccentric element 28 in the direction A, a rib 45 is provided in the holding arm 20 which guidingly engages into the ridge 44 of the arm section 24. Finally, the bent lugs 58 of the arm section 24 engage into slits 57 of the base plate for the guiding of the movement which is made possible by the eccentric element 55 in direction C. This movement is furthermore stabilized by the angled rim 59 of the arm section 24.
The base plate 50, the holding arm 20 and the arm section 24 are held at the transverse pin 27 via the tongue 56, the elongate openings 26 or the eyes 25, whereby the stability of the hinge is ensured and, specifically, the guide in the movement of the arm section 24 is additionally guided in direction C with respect to the base plate 50.
When riveted eccentric elements are used which form an unreleasable connection, the installation shape can be kept very small.
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